Summary:
ZIP code 40241 has three elementary schools: Norton Elementary and Zachary Taylor Elementary serve kindergarten through grade 5, while Chancey Elementary serves prekindergarten through grade 5. Enrollment ranges from 260 students at Taylor to 716 at Norton. Area averages in math and reading are only about 2 percentage points above state averages, but school results vary widely—for example, grade 3 reading ranges from 19% to 83%. The clearest finding for families is that Norton is the area’s standout academically.
Norton has the highest reported score in all ten subject-and-grade comparisons where it has a result, and SchoolDigger ranks it 2nd of 684 Kentucky elementary schools. Its scores exceed the next-highest school’s by 27 to 48 percentage points; in grade 5 reading, Norton scores 88%, compared with 41% at Taylor. Chancey and Taylor are generally well below Norton and below the state in most reported comparisons, but each has relative strengths: Chancey is 22 points higher in grade 3 reading and 12 points higher in grade 4 science, while Taylor is 19 points higher in grade 5 social studies. Chancey has the lowest reported grade 5 writing score, at 27%.
Scores rose on average at each school from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: about 5 percentage points at Norton, 5 at Chancey and 3 at Taylor, though each school had some declines. SchoolDigger rankings also improved over three years: Norton moved from 5th to 2nd, Chancey from 606th to 565th, and Taylor from 645th to 561st. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 23% at Norton, 61% at Chancey and 68% at Taylor; student-teacher ratios were 16, 13.3 and 11.1, respectively, showing that lower ratios did not correspond to higher results in this comparison. Norton also reported 6% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, versus 21% at Chancey and 24% at Taylor.
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